Wheel.



vI.; H. PERLMAN.

WHEEL.

AP'PLICAUONFILED SEPT. 23. |916.

Patented May 14, 1918.

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i l VSpeciimetiz'.eers Patent.

Appli'cetionlledjseptember 3,1?15516. Soviet-Ee. `To allxfvbmitmayoncem': y The end pantie o of i i oz'noed 'it lx'ii'ownzthet IQ'LOUIS HQPERLMAN? with depression '1 pfov ed by the inward `a` citizen` Nevv York city,

'fentiStecev oNeW 'York,have invented ce1- tain` 'new and lsfefuigv Improvements in When'elsjnd Ido yhereby deelarethe follow Aing to' beaull',` olea'rf, and -exectfdescription of't1ie`invention,f suoli ns1 will enable others Skilled in theet make ndfnsefthetsame. L "Thisznventionrelates to improvements in 3 5 seenfaflsofpartly simiiar section.

jlwfvedges or`the`r similefloeking devices, not

fthe United "a'atates9 residing et l in the county @FN ew York to''whieh it epperteins tof I y thi'ough the epeitn'e J :5nd u vto e Similar projection/'l1 extening :from v" end of the'depiessevl poition 8. The tvvopr'ojeetions l@ and ll life adapted Strnoture embodying# the k"features of the jseidjiiin 4beingheld 'at theinner edge by the @engi-et tleother- 'edge by the usual eide,y

Vozset'ting o the metex-ia of vim, es indicated et 8. The xset neteiei 8 shaped to Conform gen. tongue 6, enti et the inne? te'zninus of the oset portion Q the nmterie of tie 3in1 is L.' out ewey to :town en ape'ftufe 9.

6 is provideci with n inward at its free end which peo/jeep nfte kthe adjacent rim 8 axially the respeetive wheei aceordingiy.

ally the contour of the j o: jeetions" set et en inoinetion to vThe direction. of the incline in each instance ifs The opeation of the stwetmre is 'oeeved Vte be obvious',` The riin, ot course is Looked n onto anni off ofV tige weee; as is nenewith any orinevy demonntabe rim. When it is desired to intelcienge fives., the

' ;-F1g.-`3is-efeetionstaken on the plane in- I 'dieeten byline v343 l'ojFign 2.

l The eppieetion of the tire mii mezey veeg-nire `convene movement. K

In Fig. i eeen e. slightly moiec embodiment eonsisting in having the emes-cnt of the rim inoine so that one end ofthe out is advanced eircuin'eientieiiv reiative to the4 other, and the out is prefere iy disposed et 'en angle corresponding to the angie of be lifte of of the tiene? the rim' which Wili be of the channel type having its outer end formed on Y fof the channel type `'being a demountable rim cross cut providing end portions,

formed with and the other end portion with a adapted to lreceive the tongue,

an outstanding tongue, depression the tongue an oblique tongue is longer line so that one edge of the in a circumferential direction than the other,

and means for preventing separation of the ends.

2. In a Wheel structure, a demountable rim of the channel type having a cross out providing end portions, one of the end portions being formed with an outstanding tongue,

' ariid the other end portion with a depression tedl to receive the tongue, the tongue having its outer end formed on an oblique line, so that one edge of the tongue is longer in a circumferential direction than the other, and means projecting from the oblique end of the tongue into engagement with the rim for locking the ends of the rim against separation.

3. In a wheel structure, a demountable rim j having a cross cut providing end portions, one of the end portions lheilig formed with an outstanding tongue, and the other end portion with a depression adapted to' receive e tongue, the tongue having its outer end ormed on an oblique line, so that one ehd of the tongue is longer in a circumferentialdirection than the other, and a projection extending rorn the oblique end of the tongue through the end portion of the 'rim engaged by the tongue. ,Y

a. In awheel structure, a demountable of the channel type having a cross cut providing end portions, one of the end portions one of the end portions being formed with an outstanding tongue,-

and the other end portion with a depression adapted to receive having its outer end formed on an oblique line, and a projection extending from the oblique end ofthe tongue through the end portion of the rim engage by the tongue, the projection lying also on an incline corresponding to that of the end of the tongue and extending inward a distance sufficient for serving as a driver.

5. In a wheel structure, a demountable rim of tluv channel type having a cross cut providing end portions, one of the end portions being formed with an outstanding tongue, and the other end portion with a depression adapted to receive the tongue, the tongue having its outer end formed on an oblique line, and a projection extending from'the oblique end of the tongue through the end portion of the rim engag 'by the tongue, the projection extending a suficient distance inwardly to serve as a driver.

6. In a wheel Structure, the combination with a Wheel body having a recess, of a demountable rirn4 therefor of the channel type having a cross cut providing the rim with end portions, one end portion being forined with a tongue outstanding toward and part of the other end por adapted to lap a tion, the second end portion being formed with a depression adapted to receive the tongue, the tongue being formed with an inclined free end oblique to thefaces of the wheel body so that one edge of the tongue is longer in a circumferential direction than the other, and a projection extending along the oblique end of the tongue into engagement with the recess in the wheel body for serving as .i driver.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS H. IERLMAN.

' W'itnes'ses:

EDWARD F. Kommt,

I. B. LrasoN.

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